First and foremost - holy shit, y'all. The boys wanted this. And they got it. Awesome.
First impression - that is the single dumpiest stadium I have ever set foot in. It makes Legion Field look like Cowboys Stadium. Concourses are tiny. Bathrooms small. No tvs so that when you are standing in the interminable line for food or potties, you have NO clue what's happening. Back logged lines to get into the seats. Horrid horrid. Never got loud until the last 4 minutes. They are currently not SEC worthy.
People were pretty friendly. No assholes. Some whining about the nonhorsecollar at the end but fuck em. Shouldn't have been so close that you needed to whine about needing a penalty to win.
Not enough words to express how ghey their little cheers and songs are. "Whoop" on every first down. Their "yell leader" dude cheerleaders do all these coordinated hand movements during the "cheers" that make them look like they are milking a cow while beating off.
Speaking of beating off, I was struck that No one cheered "Go Aggy". It was "Go Johnny! Come on Johnny!". Every Aggy there, man or woman, would have blown him at midfield. It was pathetic.
They are so fucking stoked to be in the SEC, like they finally got the key to the executive washroom, or get invited to the Kool Kids Klub. They all tried so hard to try and convince me their traditions and shit are somehow awesome or unique and I was like "Dude, we've been this cool for a long damn time. We can match this and them some. Y'all have a long way to go."
As for our guys: we had great seats ten rows up on 25 yd line. Jake Holland was in front of me a lot. Worst MLB in AU history. Hands down.
Lots of room for improvement but I'll take it all day. It was amazing. I was shaking for the last 4 minutes. Stomach hurt. Then down he went. And then again.
It was fucking glorious.
War Damn Eagle, y'all.